Candy I

“She dropped her shyness like a nightgown, and in the liquid glare of sunlight on old boards she held up her hands-as if, in the terror of the upcoming skirmish, she had at last understood that she was beautiful. In her own way.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird